Torah, moral and ceremonial law: How do you respond to the claim that Christ has done away with the ceremonial law, but that the moral law of God remains?
The divisions of the Torah of Moses among sets of moral law and ceremonial law are artificial. While we certainly commend Christian theologians for wanting to maintain the integrity of at least some of the Torah, the Torah does not categorize itself in terms of a commandment being moral or ceremonial. What many Christian denominations advocate is that some of the Torahs commandments, those pertaining to the Sabbath, the holidays of Israel, the kosher dietary laws, male circumcision, etc., were abolished by the sacrifice of Yeshuathings believed to fall under the classification of ceremonial. They do not, however, advocate that Yeshua abolished commandments relating to personal relations, and how we are to love others, treat others with respect, not murder, steal, adulterate, etc.things believed to fall under the classification of moral. This is different from some other Christian denominations and traditions that advocate that the entire Torah was abolished by Yeshua. When approaching
